New life jacket laws to save rock fishers lives

By Helen Gregory
Updated February 8 2016 - 9:29am, first published February 7 2016 - 7:00pm
Safety first: Fisherman Wayan Renta from Brightwaters wears a personal floatation device at Snapper Point, in the Lake Munmorah State Conservation Area. He said conditions at the spot could be "scary". Picture: Marina Neil
Safety first: Fisherman Wayan Renta from Brightwaters wears a personal floatation device at Snapper Point, in the Lake Munmorah State Conservation Area. He said conditions at the spot could be "scary". Picture: Marina Neil

NEW laws requiring rock fishers to wear life jackets at high-risk locations will prevent countless unnecessary deaths, according to Hunter Surf Life Saving president Henry Scruton.

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